Programme Analyst

Contract

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UN Women works to support women’s engagement in peace and security to promote improved implementation, and monitoring and reporting of global commitments on women and peace and security, including as set out in Beijing Platform for Action and in Security Council resolutions 1325 and following, as well as related accountability frameworks established by the UN system. At the regional level, UN Women works to drive forward the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in the Arab States. This includes support to regional bodies and civil society organizations, collaboration with UN agencies and support to UN Women’s country offices. Regional work includes support to the implementation of regional and National Action Plans on Women, Peace, and Security (with a focus on Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia), regional dialogue work on gender and preventing violent extremism, specifically in North Africa, and work on inclusive peacemaking and mediation in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. The Volunteer will support the portfolio of work on women, peace and security – and in particular the work on the prevention of violent extremism and the implementation of UNSCR 1325 in the Arab region.

Under the supervision of the WPS Regional Advisor, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Contribute technically to the development of programmes and programme strategies in the area of Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action (WPSHA) at the regional level, with a particular focus on Youth, Peace and Security, the Prevention of Violent Extremism, the Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution (1325) on Women, Peace and Security, including WPS National Action Plans, and Gender in Humanitarian Action; • Provide substantive and technical inputs to the design and formulation of program/project proposals and initiatives and other program documents, including concept notes, reports, and briefs; • Provide substantive inputs to advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts, with particular focus on UN Women research on issues of Youth Peace and Security, gender and violent extremism, gender and climate-security and accountability and transitional justice; • Develop background documents, briefs and presentations related to WPSHA, coordinate and organize advocacy campaigns, events, trainings, workshops and knowledge products, and contribute to the enhanced dissemination of UN Women knowledge production • Coordinate and provide technical support in the implementation of programme activities, including the co-ordination and recruitment of consultants
• Provide technical inputs to the monitoring and reporting of the regional WPSHA programme, monitor progress of implementation of activities and provide substantive inputs and ensure timely quarterly and annual reporting on UN Women internal reporting systems, and draft and provide substantive inputs for donor and UN Women reports, in co-ordination with UN Women Country Offices • Co-ordinate and provide technical support to UN Women Country Offices in the region, including through the development and organization of regional knowledge sharing event and capacity building and other convening, and provision of other ad-hoc technical support

Results/Expected Outputs:- • Strengthened implementation of regional WPS programmes and strengthened design and formulation of program proposals and other program documents • Strengthened co-ordination provided for UN Women research production and dissemination, and more information available on WPSHA, YPS, gender and violent extremism, gender in climate-security, and transitional justice and accuntability issues in the Arab States. • Effective organization of meetings, workshops and trainings. • Strengthened monitoring, reporting and knowledge management for regional WPS programs. • UN Women Country Offices have access to more technical support from the regional office.

Accountability, Building Trust, Commitment and Motivation, Communication, Planning and Organizing, Working in Teams.

• Demonstrated interest and/or experience in Gender issues, Women, Peace and Security • Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;

The duty station will be Cairo, which is a family duty station with a wide range of services (health, education, and leisure) and good living conditions. Cairo (and Egypt) has long been a center of the region’s political and cultural life, with high levels of tourism. Like other similar cities, Cairo offers good quality of life in terms of access to shopping centers, banks, medical services, educational facilities, cultural events, etc.

The Arab Republic of Egypt has a unique geographical position in Northeast Africa, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and its connection to Sub Saharan Africa through the Nile Valley. The country is defined by desert and the Nile, the longest river on Earth. Egypt is bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.

With over 90 million inhabitants, two-thirds of which are below 30 years, Egypt is Africa's third most populous country after Nigeria and Ethiopia and has the highest population in the Arab world's most densely populated areas, especially in greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta. The country has witnessed significant political and economic changes since 2011. Through this transition, which includes periods of political unrest, the main income sources of the economy have been negatively impacted, particularly in the tourism sector, as well as revenues from the Suez Canal, oil and remittances from Egyptians working abroad, affected by the global economy. However, with the current political stability, tourism is getting improved, and touristic activities are going back to normal. UN staffs are not directly targeted in Egypt and for the most are vulnerable to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is recommended to keep dwell time in the immediate vicinity of military, police and other prominent official installations to the minimum.